9/1/1863; letter from Surgeon at
General Hospital #9 responding to the charge that ambulances are in the
habit of taking patients to Divisions 1 & 3 at Chimborazo Hospital.
Hereafter, patients will be taken to Chimborazo's "Central Office"

4/11/1863; Carrington orders McCaw
to retain a Mrs. Stickney as a matron, but Habersham (2nd Division Surgeon)
had fired her previously for insubordination; she is described as "a
dangerous character about a Hospital"

1/25/1864; patients remaining at
Chimborazo are ordered to be consolidated into one Division, and the others
closed, the employees discharged if practicable. In the future, women
without children will be preferred as matrons

2/1/1864; details over the housing
for a matron of Chimborazo Hospital - only $20 is provided by the Government
for matrons' quarters - she required $30. McCaw attempts to have building
erected for them.

6/27/1864; the washing at Stuart
Hospital is to be done at Chimborazo Hospital, which apparently has its own
facilities - the purpose of this is, as Carrington says, to dispense with
"negro wenches" (laundresses) at the hospital

5/8/1864; note to GH#9 stating that
Howard's Grove Hospital has been opened - men from Alabama, Mississippi,
Florida, Texas and Arkansas will be sent there. Officer wards are at
Howard's Grove in addition to those at the Officers Hospital, to be used at
the discretion of the officer

6/2/1864; note to GH#9 stating
that Stuart Hospital (capacity 400) has been opened as a receiving hospital
for soldiers arriving via the RF&P RR. GH#9 is directed to send of excess
patients to Danville

9/28/1863; Medical Director's Office has been
moved to "new government building" at 10th and Broad; wayside hospital has
been transferred to the Engineer bureau - henceforth General Hospital #9
will be known as the Receiving and Way Hospital